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First Nations 'shutting down' B.C.'s Joffre Lakes Park for more than a month

First Nations 'shutting down' B.C.'s Joffre Lakes Park for more than a month

Two First Nations say they're "shutting down" public access to B.C.'s Joffre Lakes Park for more than a month to allow for harvest celebrations.
Fire at Louisiana oil refinery sends tower of black smoke into the air, but no injuries reported

Fire at Louisiana oil refinery sends tower of black smoke into the air, but no injuries reported

GARYVILLE, La.

US Forest Service rejects expansion plans of premier Midwest ski area Lutsen Mountains

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service said Friday it has rejected the expansion plans of Lutsen Mountains, one of the premier skiing destinations in the Midwest.
Ford 'confident' RCMP will find no criminality in Greenbelt land swap

Ford 'confident' RCMP will find no criminality in Greenbelt land swap

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Friday he's confident that nothing criminal took place in his government's process of removing land from the protected Greenbelt for housing development.
Grassland birds decline, deadly Michigan tornado, Maui lawsuit: What to know in extreme weather now

Grassland birds decline, deadly Michigan tornado, Maui lawsuit: What to know in extreme weather now

The grassland birds that bring sweet song to North America's prairie are in decline, with habitat loss, land degradation and climate change threatening what's left of a once-vast ecosystem.
Activists furious Democratic leaders haven't denounced plan to check every ‘Stop Cop City’ signature

Activists furious Democratic leaders haven't denounced plan to check every ‘Stop Cop City’ signature

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia activists against a proposed police and firefighting training center have called on Democratic senators to denounce Atlanta’s plan to check every signature on a petition to put the issue to voters.

Corrective to Aug. 24 story on smallmouth bass eradication in N.S.

In a story that moved on Aug. 24 about efforts to eradicate the smallmouth bass population in a Nova Scotia lake, The Canadian Press erroneously reported that electro-fishing involves fatally shocking fish.
Cleanup of creeks after industrial Toronto fire to take until October, ministry says

Cleanup of creeks after industrial Toronto fire to take until October, ministry says

The provincial government says the cleanup of chemicals that spilled into two creeks after an industrial fire in west Toronto is expected to take until October.
Energy interests and environmentalists fight Biden oil lease plan from different sides

Energy interests and environmentalists fight Biden oil lease plan from different sides

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Biden administration's plan to protect an endangered species of whale by scaling back an auction of oil and gas drilling leases in the Gulf of Mexico is being challenged by the oil industry, even as environmentalists go to cour
North American grassland birds in peril, spurring all-out effort to save birds and their habitat

North American grassland birds in peril, spurring all-out effort to save birds and their habitat

POTTER, Neb. (AP) — When Reed Cammack hears the first meadowlark of spring, he knows his family has made it through another cold, snowy winter on the South Dakota prairie.
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